Peter Fritzsche on the Holocaust

In his works, and Life and Death in the Third Reich particularly, Peter Fritzsche deciphers the puzzle of Nazism's ideological grip. Its basic appeal lay in the Volksgemeinschaft - a "people's community" that appealed to Germans to be part of a great project to redress the wrongs of the Versailles treaty, make the country strong and vital, and rid the body politic of unhealthy elements. The goal was to create a new national and racial self-consciousness among Germans, to instill the false belief that for Germany to live, others - especially Jews - had to die.

Fascism in America, Could It Happen Here? Is It Happening Here? What Is the Danger that the Trump/Pence Government Poses?

George Prochnik

A talk by George Prochnik, given at a Refuse Fascism teach-in in April. The theme of the teach-in was Fascism in America, Can it happen here, Is it happening here, What is the Danger that the Trump/Pence Government poses? George Prochnik is the author of several books, incuding The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World.

Bob Avakian and Cornel West, Is there value to voting? Can voting stop fascism?

Bob Avakian and Cornel West

Bob Avakian and Cornel West talk about Is there value to voting? Can voting stop fascism? This is an excerpt from "Revolution and Religion, The Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion, a Dialogue Between Cornel West and Bob Avakian."

Bob Avakian is the Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party. Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is a Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. You can access the "Revolution and Religion" video here.